spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains
profound; deep; unfathomable
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
as; because; with; due to
calm; composed; leisurely
to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with somebody's suggestion; to be talked into doing
opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)
tearing (along a perforated edge); peeling off (a plastic film, sticker, etc.)
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
beginning (of writing); opening passage (sentence, paragraph, etc.); written claim; bill
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
cap (headwear); cap (of a bottle, pen, etc.); leader; chief
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
to add (e.g. a postscript)
enumeration; citation; listing
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
air con; air conditioner; air conditioning
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
muffler; scarf; comforter; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; in a whisper
to shuffle one's feet; to trample underfoot